Technical speaking, this statement is slightly incorrect because, according to Matt Cutts, when you do a search on Google, you aren’t searching the World Wide Web, you’re only searching Google’s index of the web which may not have every single website or web page that’s out there on the Internet.

Jargon aside, if you ever want to explain someone how Google indexes billions of web pages and how it can fetch the right results for your search query in seconds, just show them this page.

Amit Agarwal is a web geek and founder of Digital Inspiration, a popular tech & how-to website. He has been blogging for over a decade and has also contributed to the Wall Street Journal, Lifehacker and The Financial Express. Sign-up for the email newsletter for your daily dose of tips & tutorials.